"Do I look like the kind of person who's easy for monsters to misunderstand?"
Xiao Xiao asked with an air of troubled reflection.
Yet there was a faint smile in his eyes.
It seemed like misunderstandings like this were actually rather amusing.
Plum Blossom Woman shook her head.
"Lord Xiao Xiao is very kind."
Xiao Xiao: ...
He'd asked the question partly in jest.
But Plum Blossom Woman had answered so earnestly.
That only made him feel a little embarrassed.
Hmm...
What should he say?
"Thank you for the compliment."
Xiao Xiao's lips curled upward.
He thought he was a pretty good human, too.
Zhu Nü: ...
The rather nonsensical exchange between the human and the monster brought it back from its shock at seeing Plum Blossom Woman.
It couldn't help but marvel.
This courtyard really did have all sorts of monsters.
It hadn't noticed her at first...
There had simply been too many startling things in front of it.
That had made it overlook the plum tree blooming in late spring.
But once it noticed her, it found it hard to look away from the white plum, which seemed to glow with a soft yet cool light from within, even beneath the daylight.
So that was why...
Zhu Nü couldn't help looking Plum Blossom Woman over again and again.
But...
Zhu Nü sniffed.
Why couldn't it smell the fragrance of plum blossoms?
Did this plum tree have no fragrance?
Zhu Nü was astonished.
Surely it should have at least some fragrance?
Could it have used up all its demonic power by blooming for so long...
And lost the ability to give off a scent?
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved with a smile.
He couldn't read minds, and Zhu Nü's face was too unreadable for